Good Neighbors. I live in a town, technically a borough, filled with good neighbors. In my last home, an apartment complex of roughly 1,000+ people, I didn't know one person. Now, I am on a first name basis with many of my neighbors. Many a warm day I'll spend time talking "over the fence" with one of my neighbors.
Today, I took some time getting to know a single mother who lives next door to me. She was very nice and I really enjoyed in our conversation. Not only that, as we were talking, she told me she was planning on entering a nursing program to provide a better life for her and her son. I was thinking about this and remembered a program I had heard about which helped low income individuals enter the nursing field, but I could not remember the name of it. I told her that I knew another neighbor who would know and that I would get in contact with her within the week. It wasn't 20 minutes later that I saw that neighbor. I asked her to join our conversation and she told the mother all about the program. When I left, the Mom was so excited, she planned to go right inside to Google that program. Just think- had I not taken the time to speak with her, she might never have known about this fantastic opportunity. Taking the time to get to know people can really produce amazing results.
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